Ultrasound Clinical I

Course Code: DGMS-236

Department: Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Credit Hours: 4.00

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This course introduces the clinical component of Diagnostic Medical Sonography with supervised clinical experience in an approved clinical facility. The first eight weeks of the program consists of a laboratory setting where basic scanning techniques, methods, and procedures are observed and demonstrated in DGMS 223. The following nine weeks the student is responsible for completing assigned clinical hours at an approved clinical facility where they participate in departmental activities under direct supervision of a diagnostic medical sonographer. Prerequisite: A graduate of an accredited two-year AMA or AMA equivalent allied health education program that is patient care related (includes but not limited to radiography, nursing, respiratory, occupational or physical therapy) or Bachelor's degree with prerequisite coursework or with approval of instructor or Academic Dean.